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1 Responding to Youth Missing from Foster Care 1 (2020)

handle is hein.scsl/repym0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Responding to Youth Missing From Foster Care To find statute information for a particular State, go to State Statutes Search. As of September 30, 2018, an estimated 4,247 youth in foster care were reported to be on runaway status.' Research shows that most youth are gone for only a week or less when they run away, but many are gone for a month or more. The reasons that youth run away from their placement vary, but some common themes include needing to have contact and maintain connectedness with families or friends, feeling unsafe or uncared for in their placement, or wanting more freedom and autonomy than the placement can offer them. While absent from care, youth are at high risk of being sexually or physically victimized, engaging in delinquent behavior, using drugs or alcohol, or being the victims of human trafficking.2 WHAT'S INSIDE Protocols for reporting children missing from care to law enforcement Protocols for locating children missing from care Determining the factors that led to a child's absence from care Determining the suitability of current and subsequent placements Assessing the child's experiences while absent from care Timeframes for closing a child's placement after running away ' Children's Bureau. (2019). The AFCARS report: Pretiminarv FY 2018 estimates as of August 22. 2019 (No. 26). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. 2 Courtney, M., Skyles, A., Miranda, G., Zinn, A., Howard, E., & Goerge, R. (2005). Youth who run away from out-of-home care. Issue brief #103. Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago. ® Child Welfare Information Gateway Children's Bureau An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

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